And because Crystal and I work out of BuzzFeed's LA office, we decided that we 100% had to try out the in-car experience. And let me tell you, there was a lot of involuntary screaming and nervous laughter involved.

Though it started out like a normal Lyft ride — small talk where our driver, "Will", said he's from small-town Indiana — things got weird when the lights started flickering and the Lyft app got all static-y.